This exciting international DIR® (Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based) conference provides a comprehensive view of individual profiles, including motor development, sensory processing, interoception and visual spatial processing, investigating how that perspective has evolved over time.
Using the latest neuroscience, we'll deepen our understanding of individual differences through engaging presentations, moderated discussions, and the sharing of lived experiences. Through an occupational therapy and interdisciplinary lens, we’ll examine how these topics influence the work of speech and language therapists, physical therapists, creative arts therapists, mental health professionals, educators, allied professionals and parents by impacting communication, emotional expression and learning in the context of relationships.
As a result of this conference you will be able to:
- Identify three current trends in neuroscience research that enhance understanding of individual profiles.
- Describe how an individual’s movement is influenced by their environment and how their movement, in turn, impacts the environment.
- Explain how an individual’s sensory and motor profile affects their ability to relate to and communicate with others.
- Analyze case videos using a multidisciplinary DIR® approach to examine how motor and sensory processing interact and influence engagement and communication.
Who should attend?
Professionals in Speech and Language, Occupational and Physical Therapies, Education, Mental Health (Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy), Medicine, Play Therapy, Creative Arts, Parents and Caregivers.
This
conference will be held live online via Zoom. All session
times are presented in eastern standard time. Here is a resource to
convert session times to your local time zone:
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recordings will be available post conference for 45 days to registrants only.
Continuing Education applications are being submitted to the following: AOTA, ASHA, APA, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Texas Board of Social Work Examiners, Texas Board of Professional Counselor, Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, New York Social Work Board, Florida Board of Nursing, California Board of Registered Nursing.
Live online attendance of all sessions is mandatory for CE credits.
